Hi Jean-Louis, I have machines running older releases here and there but I think the point is to have older versions and builds available and not be stifled by backward compatibility. For NetRexx we still offer the last IBM version that runs on a very old Java. We make language tools and are not an implementation museum. I would like to ask these changes to be accompanied by good compatibility testing and a clean message which OS versions are supported by new releases of the interpreter. The same goes for clib versions, for example.
best regards, René. > On 17 Aug 2026, at 14:18, Michael Lueck <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings Jean Louis, > > Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is plenty far back enough to support to. You have my vote of > confidence for the update to version 17. +1 > > > Jean Louis Faucher wrote: >>> It's a question for P.O. >>> There is no Ubuntu 26.04 LTS VM yet on the build machine. >>> If you can give Jenkins access to a machine running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, it >>> could be used for the build. > > > I do not have an Internet accessible place to put such an Ubuntu 26.04 LTS VM. > > We will wait for P.O. to chime in. > > I am thankful, > > -- > Michael Lueck > Lueck Data Systems > http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/ > > > Jean Louis Faucher wrote: >> Greetings Michael >>> On 17 Aug 2026, at 12:43, Michael Lueck <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Do you know off hand how far back distribution releases of operating >>> systems moved up to supporting version 17? >>> >>> I have appreciated specifically official ooRexx builds for older Ubuntu LTS >>> release versions. >> AI summary >> Platform Oldest practical Year >> C++17 baseline >> Ubuntu LTS 18.04 2018 >> Debian 10 2019 >> Fedora 26 2017 >> RHEL 8 2019 >> openSUSE Leap 15.0 2018 >> Windows / MSVC VS 2017 15.7 / MSVC 19.14 2018 >> macOS / Apple Clang Xcode 10 / Apple Clang 10 2018 >> AI detailed review >> https://chatgpt.com/share/6a82f6a0-0088-83eb-9546-112ab60f3624 >>> >>> And reminder, by the way, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is released and solid... May I >>> assist with anything to produce an official ooRexx release targeting that >>> version? >> It's a question for P.O. >> There is no Ubuntu 26.04 LTS VM yet on the build machine. >> If you can give Jenkins access to a machine running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, it >> could be used for the build. >> _______________________________________________ >> Oorexx-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
